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5 Reasons Your Sales Team Always Wants to Discount

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Sales get lower. This filled my inbox with a few questions about why sales teams always want to discount. Incentives : One big reason your sales team wants to discount is incentives. Does the sales team get rewarded on profit? That will incentivize discounts because more sales is better. No definition of success.

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Best of Sales Conference Keynote Speakers

LSA Global

Best of Sales Conference Keynote Speakers: Sales 3.0 Las Vegas Nevada Last month, insights from Best of Sales Conference Keynote Speakers representing various industry groups, including CEOs, CROs, business analysts, best-selling authors, and experts in sales technology were shared at the Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa.

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The head of marketing

Seth Godin Blog

Marketing strategy: This is the work of positioning, story telling, status and affiliation. Good marketing strategy overcomes just about everything else. It’s steady permission marketing, a thoughtful content strategy and a team of people who consistently and generously tell your story.

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Tech Sales vs Management Consulting

Tom Spencer

As someone currently in management consulting who has previously done tech sales for a major software company, I was amused by Martin Keller’s article championing tech sales (sometimes known as consultative or customer success driven sales) over management consulting. I want to compare these two career options in 6 respects.

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Perspectives on “The 24-Hour Customer” (Strategy, Marketing, and Innovation Book) in Context of Marketing Segmentation

Steve Shu Consulting

In my mind, the book is excellent for executives, strategists, marketing, and innovators. From a strategy perspective, the approaches are well-structured and remind me of timeless, Michael Porter-esque classics. Marketing segmentation is about subdividing markets into subsets of customers that behave similarly or have similar needs.

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Uncertainty Demands Strategy!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Dave In the current uncertain environment, DAVE WAKEMAN advises how business owners can assess and adapt their management strategy. What I do know is that this period of time definitely fits the definition of what many strategists term a ‘VUCA environment’ – volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. I’m not sure.

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The Art of Storytelling In Brand Building with Diane Diaz

Consulting Matters

We also touch on the importance of using storytelling in marketing and sales conversations, as well as in corporate settings. And if you’re not a member , definitely join now and be a part. Diane has a Master’s degree in Business Administration, with years of experience in branding, marketing, and public speaking.

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